It Can Be Done

If you can’t be a pine on the hill, be the best little scrub beside the stream. In this collection, even the smallest place can become a test of courage—and a chance to shine.

Joseph M. Bachelor’s early-20th-century anthology brings together poems that meet life’s ordinary work and hardest trials with plain-spoken resolve. A traveler pauses by the road to welcome strangers; a voice in the dark refuses to bow; another takes up the task everyone says cannot be done. Their challenges are not all grand: they are the daily choices to keep going, give generously, and make the most of what is near. From self-command to stubborn hope, these verses ask what a person can do when doubt—or circumstance—stands in the way. How far can a little courage carry you?

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